Avarua, Cook Islands Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Avarua (Cook Islands, Rarotonga). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 03:23 (GMT-10:00) Pacific/Rarotonga . All times are shown in Avarua local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 90.7%, Maximal illumination for this day: 96.03%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-10-25, 18:13; remaining time: 2d 14h 50m 1s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	16:45
Moonset:	04:13

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 385 783 km
239 714 mi
Avarua ↔ Moon, nearest point: 382 731 km
237 818 mi
View angle: 0.516°

Avarua on map:

Avarua

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-10:00
Latitude:	-21.20778°
Longitude:	-159.775°
Country:	Cook Islands Rarotonga
Population:	13 373

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 91.6%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 11 Day, 23 hours, 53 minutes. (≈11.995 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -162°

Avarua, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 11.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 275.8°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	14:56:00	15:50:00	16:45:00	17:44:00	18:45:00
Moonset:	03:05:00	03:39:00	04:13:00	04:49:00	05:28:00

Avarua moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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